Folate (RBC)
Order Code: EFOL
Epic Lab Code: LAB70
Order Form: A-1a Miscellaneous Request or Epic Req
Commercial Mail-out Laboratory
6240 RCP
356-3527
Specimen:
Whole Blood
Collection Medium:
Lavender top tube 3 mL (EDTA)
Minimum:
Adult/Pediatric minimum: 1 mL whole blood
Rejection Criteria:
Nonfrozen or clotted specimens.
Delivery Instructions:
Deliver to laboratory immediately after collection. Critical frozen.
Specimen Instructions:
Protect from light during collection, storage, and shipment.
Analytic Time:
4 days upon receipt at reference laboratory
Reference Range:
280 - 903 ng/mL
Comments:
Hematocrit must be performed and indicated on the test request form. If the patient has not received a transfusion or experienced excessive bleeding between the RBC folate draw and the hematocrit draw, any hematocrit drawn within 24 hours of the RBC folate draw is acceptable. Protect from light during collection, storage, and shipment.
Methodology:
Chemiluminescent Immunoassay
CPT Code:
82747
 
See also:
Folate, Serum
 
See Additional Information:
Specimens Requiring Immediate Delivery